Generosa Roses
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Generosa Roses
Comments (3)I suspect they might do better for you than they did here. We had Florence Delattre for about 4 years, and she produced one bloom. The bloom was breathtaking -- but, REALLY. One bloom in 4 years does not cut it. We grew Claudia Cardinale, who bloomed a LITTLE more, but the constant rust on the foliage was brighter than the coppery-yellow blooms. Sonia Rykiel flopped along the ground and produced more prickles than blooms. The blooms, again, were to die for, but unless staked up, they lay on the ground. Paul Bocuse, by contrast, is a vigorous grower and a generous bloomer, with excellent resistance to mildew and rust. He's not my favorite color, to be honest, but he's so good in every way, I have not the heart to remove him. Jeri...See MoreTell me about Generosa and Renaissance roses
Comments (3)I don't know that there is much accomplished by comparing different "brands" of roses. Each category will have beautiful roses that BS like crazy, others that suffer more limited amounts of BS, and a handful that truly are disease-resistant, or nearly so. The one exception I can think of is the more recent Kordes roses--which are being bred with disease-resistance as one of their prime characteristics--but there are other Kordes roses that are not. Even David Austin is paying more attention to disease-resistance in some of his more recent offerings. Most of his earlier ones are quite BS prone. But that is probably true, as a very broad generalization, about most roses out there on the market. Only recently has disease-resistance become important to the buyer--so many nurseries are now breeding for disease-resistance. With earlier roses (in general), that was not important to the buyer, so nurseries didn't worry much about it one way or another. Kate...See MoreGrowing Generosa Roses - 'Versigny'
Comments (0)Hello from Texas! I have loved the photographs of this rose for some time and was fortunate to track down ONE in the U. S. - the Generosa roses are very difficult to find here and the Versigny is virtually impossible to locate. NOW THAT I HAVE IT...please help! I live in Central Texas and we have very mild winters, but extremely hot, dry and long summers. Does this rose do better when protected from the strong afternoon sun and heat, or does it prefer full sun? It is not unusual for us to have 100 days over 90 degrees F. Any help you could give me would be very much appreciated. Best Regards, Anne...See MoreVersigny Rose
Comments (5)Hi Twinkletoad I've had Versigny for 3 or 4 years now and it's one of my top 10 or 20 roses. I just love the intense colors, and it has been reliably winter hardy for me in zone 5, though not entirely cane hardy. The foliage stays pretty clean from blackspot, and it stays a fairly tidy bush. The rebloom isn't too great, but I have mine in filtered sun under some limbed-up pine trees, so that may contribute to it. Like most roses, it prefers full sun but has tolerated light shade OK. I don't have much of a nose for fragrance, and I haven't noticed any particular fragrance from Versigny. Still, this depth of colors is stunning, and I am growing quite fond of the Massad Generosa roses in general. Cynthia...See MoreUser
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